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Easy lasagne with a pesto twist
Take this easy lasagne recipe to the next level by stirring a little pesto into your tomato sauce
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Ready in 1 hour 10 minues
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Cooking time 1 hour
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Prep time 10 minutes
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Serves 6
Ingredients
- ½ tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion, peeled and finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
- 1½ tsp dried mixed herbs
- 500g 5% fat beef mince
- 1 tbsp double concentrate tomato purée
- 500g passata
- 4 tbsp pesto
- 9 lasagne sheets
- 500g white lasagne sauce
- 20g mature cheddar, grated
Method
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1
Preheat the oven to 200ºC/gas mark 6. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Add the onion and cook for 5 minutes until softened, then add the garlic and herbs and cook for a further minute.
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2
Add the mince and cook for a further 6-7 minutes until browned. Stir in the tomato purée, passata and pesto and simmer for 5 minutes.
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3
Spoon a third of the beef mixture into a 20cm square ovenproof dish. Cover with 3 sheets of pasta and then a third of the white sauce. Repeat twice, finishing with the white sauce, then sprinkle over the grated cheese. Bake in the oven for 35-40 minutes, until golden brown and bubbling.
